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Kay Ryan

Named Poet Laureate in 2008, Kay Ryan is known for her compact, witty, and yet highly-accessible poetry. Her work has been likened to that of Marianne Moore and Emily Dickinson. Ryan's poems work to

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

For what does Oulipo stand?

Answer

Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (Workshop of potential literature). Founded by Raymond Queneau, with its members including Italo Calvino, Oskar Pastior and Jacques Roubaud, Oulipo believed in composing its literary works under arbitrary constraints.

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